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Hace 2 días · The wages of the master of the horse, originally amounting to £1,460, were reduced to £500 in 1679 but raised to £1,200 in 1685. (fn. 2) In 1702 the remuneration consisted of wages of £66 13s 4d (representing the old patent salary of 100 marks) and board wages of £1,200 making a total of £1,266 13s 4d. In addition, he was entitled to ...
Hace 5 días · On November 15, 1857, Hamilton was en route to Texas, traveling on the steamer Opelousas, when it was struck by another ship just off Avery Island, Louisiana. Within half an hour the Opelousas had sunk. “A gentleman to the end,” Hamilton gave his life jacket to a woman and child and helped them into a lifeboat.
Hace 3 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 5 días · Lord Chamberlain 1660–1837. According to The Present State of the British Court, The Lord Chamberlain has the Principal Command of all the Kings (or Queens) Servants above Stairs (except in the Bedchamber, which is wholly under the Grooms [ sic] of the Stole) who are all Sworn by him, or by his Warrant to the Gentlemen Ushers.
Hace 3 días · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688
- Henrietta Maria of France
Hace 4 días · We are grateful for David Coast’s perceptive review of The Murder of King James I and for his interesting questions about further research. As he suggests, a properly historicized approach to how contemporaries imagined that political life operated is essential to further progress in the field, and, in the past few months, our understanding of this particular issue has come into even sharper ...
Hace 3 días · King John (reigned 1199 – 1216) John had several long-term mistresses and around twelve illegitimate children. King Edward II (reigned 1307 – 1327) King Edward III (reigned 1327 – 1377) Edward III had three children with his mistress Alice Perrers. King Edward IV (reigned 1461 – 1470 and 1471 – 1483) Edward IV had three acknowledged ...
